Having sold my house in South Kensington last January but the buyer keeps calling every few hours complaining that her solicitor needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps just for conveyancing in South Kensington.

I am purchasing a house and the conveyancer has identified Chancel Repair to which the house may be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in South Kensington

Unless a previous purchase of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that solicitors conducting conveyancing in South Kensington to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in South Kensington. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in South Kensington

Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

How difficult is it to change firm as I have to instruct one who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in South Kensington round the corner but he is not accepted by Barclays Direct

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in South Kensington on the Barclays Direct panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in South Kensington. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in South Kensington and throughout England and Wales.

We expect to complete the sale of our £175,000 garden flat in South Kensington next Tuesday. The managing agents has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in South Kensington?

South Kensington conveyancing on leasehold apartments usually necessitates fees being invoiced by management companies :

Answering pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in South Kensington Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for South Kensington leasehold premises is £350. For South Kensington conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can one apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a South Kensington conveyancing firm to help?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a South Kensington conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a South Kensington flat is Flat 16 21/22 Stanhope Gardens in November 2010. the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal concluded that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, was £106,975 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 51.93 years.